The study aims to inform the design of industrial policies to reduce barriers to innovation and quality improvements by manufacturing firms, and promote sustained upgrading in Pakistan and other low-income countries.
This pilot intervention is designed to improve service delivery and political accountability. The intervention connects legislative representatives and rural voters in on-going two-way communication using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology available through any cell phone.
This project aims to understand how and why social networks matter in mobile money adoption and active use.
CERP-based researchers engaged with the Government of Punjab to deploy a methodology for measuring value for money of procured generic goods and developed a web portal named Punjab Online Procurement System (POPS). CERP researchers also designed and evaluated policy interventions to improve performance of procurement officers.